After the emperor's death, the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Li, temporarily managed the affairs behind the curtain.
Since the candidate for the new king has not yet been decided, various factions began to fight openly and covertly. Many officials have been relegated or relegated due to mistakes in taking sides, and some have even been treated as victims of mutual criticism from both sides.
Master Yan's situation was even more difficult. Both conservatives and upstarts suppressed him everywhere. Even though he has left the court and returned to his hometown. There are also some political opponents who insist on impeaching him and want to kill him.
Just when Master Yan was worried about his situation, Queen Yan was diagnosed with Ximai. Master Yan was overjoyed when he received the secret report. In his opinion, his chance to make a comeback had come.
In his opinion, the biggest competitor at the moment is King Jingbei. As long as he can defeat King Jingbei, other enemies will not be a concern.
To be on the safe side, he decided to strike first and launch a coup. Just when he was about to take action, he hesitated again, planning to wait and see for a while to see the reactions of the princes, hoping to enjoy the benefits.
At the same time, he spent a lot of money to bribe the Chief Internal Supervisor, prepared a fake will, and planned to designate the fetus in Empress Yan's belly as the new emperor, and hold a coronation ceremony when the fetus was born. In this way, he can control the government as an auxiliary minister and eliminate dissidents and outsiders.
As Queen Yan's belly gradually became apparent, the ministers in the court and the concubines in the harem became even more panicked.
Many officials have already proposed to the Queen Mother in person the matter of establishing a new emperor. The Queen Mother was also in a dilemma. She had her eldest grandson on one side and her youngest son on the other. She didn't know how to choose...
After a few days of turmoil, the Queen Mother canceled the behind-the-curtain hearings on the grounds of poor health and allowed several cabinet ministers to co-preside over major affairs in the DPRK. Apart from occasionally visiting Empress Yan and asking about the condition of the fetus, she rarely left Shou'an Palace where she lived.
Empress Yan took advantage of the fact that she was pregnant with a dragon fetus. In addition to being more respectful to the Queen Mother, she looked arrogant to everyone else. Not only did she speak harshly, but she also frequently punished her servants. For this reason, she offended many people both inside and outside the palace.
One of the concubines was bullied the most by Empress Yan. She was worried that Empress Yan's mother would be more domineering because of her son's wealth, embarrassing her in every possible way and even taking her own life at any time. She decided to take a gamble and secretly drugged Empress Yan to cause Empress Yan to miscarry. .
Empress Yan went crazy from grief due to miscarriage, and was taken back to her mansion by the Grand Master to recuperate. Master Yan begged the Queen Mother to make the decision for her father and daughter for the sake of the late Emperor, and executed the drugged concubine.
Afterwards, Master Yan was depressed for a period of time, and then decided to take a desperate risk and launch a coup in advance. He secretly contacted a group of his cronies and the remnants of Lieutenant General Yan, bribed a group of people in the world, and agreed on a time for the coup.
It's just that he neglected to restrain the servants in the palace. His butler had already attached himself to the new powerful man, Zheng Shangshu, and secretly reported Yan Taishi's plan.
When Zheng Shangshu heard the news, he was overjoyed. He rewarded the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion with a large amount of silver, sent him away, and then went to inform King Jingbei himself.
After hearing his report, King Jingbei calmly said a few perfunctory words and sent him out. Then he called Su Qiqi and others to come to the study to discuss matters.
Su Qiqi and others were very surprised when they heard that Master Yan was going to launch a coup. Xiao Kai and Nangong Yue were the most excited. They kept asking for details with expressions on their faces.
King Jingbei said in a dumbfounded voice: "The specific situation is not clear yet. But we must hurry up and prepare... otherwise the whole capital will be in chaos..."
Su Qiqi nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Does the prince have any plans?"
King Jingbei raised his eyebrows and sighed: "I want to hear your opinions..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Kai and Nangong Yue couldn't wait to express their opinions.
Su Qiqi also expressed her thoughts and added: "We still need to confirm whether the grand master's palace change plan is true, so as not to act impulsively and give others a handle..."
Qin Chuan waited for Su Qiqi to finish and then agreed with a smile: "Yes, I also think we should confirm it first so that we can deal with it properly..."
King Jingbei nodded approvingly and asked Xuanyuan Yin to cast a spell to confirm.
Xuanyuan Yin immediately set up an altar to cast spells, and through the little ghost as an informant, he confirmed the general situation and specific time of Yan Taishi's palace change plan.
King Jingbei discussed with Su Qiqi, Nangong Yu and others, and decided to notify General Fan overnight to mobilize troops in time and send generals to wait outside the city, waiting for opportunities.
When Grand Master Yan led his troops to attack the palace, all the ministers and princes were shocked. Only King Jingbei looked confident and calmly dispatched his own soldiers and imperial troops to guard the palace. Then he put on his armor himself and worked together with General Fan to surround and annihilate the Grand Master and his rebels, and defuse them with ease. A crisis.
Master Yan was defeated and committed suicide. Before he died, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven will destroy me!"
King Jingbei was already known as a virtuous man, and because of his success in suppressing the rebellion, he was naturally elected as the new king by his ministers. Zheng Shangshu also received commendations and favors for his merits in informing.
He was dizzy for a moment, and actually had an extravagant thought: He must find a way to get rid of Princess Xuanyuan and let the new king make his sister his queen!
His over-inflated ambition lost his mind and made him do a stupid thing that he regretted endlessly.
Zheng Shangshu secretly invited a famous wizard to bury several witchcraft dolls covered with copper nails outside the Kunning Palace where Princess Xuanyuan lived, in an attempt to murder Princess Xuanyuan through witchcraft and make her unknown. Unconscious and unexpected death...
He thought he was doing it unnoticed, but Xuanyuan Yin, who was secretly protecting the princess, saw clearly.
As soon as the person who buried the witchcraft doll left, Xuanyuan dug out the witchcraft doll and handed the physical evidence to the princess and King Jingbei. Su Qiqi and others also ambush nearby in advance, intercepted the wizard and the Yan Mansion servants who were digging in the ground, and locked them in the secret room of the palace.
After everything was arranged, King Jingbei sent his housekeeper to call Concubine Zheng, reprimanded her severely, and warned her and her brother to abide by their duties, otherwise they would be severely punished after he officially ascended the throne. No loan.
After Concubine Zheng returned to the palace, she thought about it for a long time and decided to secretly disguise herself as a palace maid and leave the palace to talk to her brother and ask him to give her an idea.
Zheng Shangshu listened to his sister's explanation of the situation and knew that the Dongchuang incident had occurred and that King Jingbei had "murderous intentions" towards him. Unwilling to sit back and wait for death, and unwilling to give up the "prosperity and wealth" he was about to obtain, he decided to use another poisonous plan.
He found out that there was an emergency at the border and that King Jingbei intended to conquer the country in person before officially ascending the throne. So he hired several bounty killers, planning to kill King Jingbei on the way.
Su Qiqi and Xuanyuan Yin had been secretly monitoring the movements of Concubine Zheng and Shangshu Zheng. When they learned that he had evil intentions, they quickly reported it to King Jingbei and reminded him to take precautions.
King Jingbei smiled disapprovingly and said: "It doesn't matter, I can still handle a few gangsters..."
Xiao Kai also patted his chest and said: "What's the use of a bull's-eye to kill a chicken? Just those few thieves, and they still use the prince to take action! I can solve them with just a few moves..."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. There was an atmosphere of joy in the royal study room, and even the little eunuch outside the door grinned and started to enjoy himself.
